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Overview

Chinese Government donates 1.55 million Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $27.9 million in August 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$25,727,752
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•IranDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•IranSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Aug 1, 2021
End (actual)
Aug 1, 2021

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Iran

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Iran

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 1.55 million Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $27.9 million in August 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

The Chinese Government delivered 250,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iran on February 28, 2021 (see Record ID#95727). Then, on April 15, 2021, the Chinese Red Cross Society delivered 400,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iran’s Ministry of Health (see Record ID#95728). The Chinese Government delivered two additional batches of donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Iran in August 2021. The first batch consisted of 700,000 doses (see Record ID#95729) and the second batch consisted of 1,550,000 doses.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the August 2021 donation of 1.55 million Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses as $27,900,000.